Fernando SolerFilmography

La Comadrita

Synopsis: A fun-loving girl finds her quest for a good time propelling her into a series of hilarious happenings in this Spanish-language comedy starring in irrepressible Maria Elena Velasco. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Place Without Limits

Actors: Lucha Villa, Ana Martin, Gonzalo Vega, Julian Pastor, Carmen Salinas

Synopsis: In a Mexican village, the local whorehouse is run by an elderly transvestite man and his daughter. One of the house's regular customers is a truck driver with a violent turn of mind. One day, he loses control entirely. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Pedro Paramo

Actors: Manuel Ojeda, Venetia Vianello, Bruno Rey, Fernando Soler

Synopsis: While searching for his father Pedro Parama, a young boy discovers only horror. He comes to a deserted village and begins to unravel a story of love and despair. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide Read More

Pobre Pero Honrada

Synopsis: Beloved Mexican screen star La India Maria portrays a poor but honorable woman who causes a stir around town when she decides to become a witch doctor in this classic comedy from director Fernando Cortes. When the real medical practitioner in town discovers that there's a new shaman around, the Read More

El Derecho de Nacer

Synopsis: A land-owning aristocrat's daughter has gotten pregnant. Her boyfriend deserts her when she refuses an abortion, and her father plans to kill the baby. The family's longtime nurse knows all this, of course, and she steals the baby away to her faraway village. Years later, when the baby has become Read More

Cuando los Hijos Se Van

Actors: Alberto Vasquez, Amparo Rivelles, Alicia Bonet, Fernando Soler, Blanca Sanchez

Synopsis: An average working-class family contends with the perils of everyday life in this classic melodrama from Mexico starring Sara Garcia and Joaquin Pardave. Youngest son Raymondo has been accused of purse-snatching, and his father is convinced that swift punishment is the only way of keeping the boy Read More

Me Quiero Casar

Synopsis: When a wandering young lothario crosses paths with a captivating beauty whose physical allure is more than exceeded by her charming personality, his noble attempts to change his ways and impress the young Jane go hilariously awry in this classic screwball comedy with just the right amount of Read More

Asi Amaron Nuestros Padres

La Edad de la Violencia

Sol en Llamas

Actors: Maricruz Olivier, Fernando Soler, Irma Dorantes, Domingo Soler

Synopsis: A favorite era of Mexican cinema returns to the screen in this well-wrought tale of a family and how it copes with the dynamic changes happening all around. The time is the end of the Mexican revolution and Porfirio Diaz is about to lose power. On the ranch known as La Gaviota, the feudal Read More

Pueblito

Actors: Fernando Soler, Lilia Prado, Columba Dominguez

Synopsis: Volatile, home-grown Mexican director and actor Emilio "El Indio" Fernández guides this simple melodrama through its paces to put across a relatively effective -- though idealistic -- story about social change. Set in a backwater village, the tale begins when an architect arrives in town, sent by Read More

Cuando Mexico Canta

Actors: Rosita Quintana, Fernando Soler, Pedro Vargas

Synopsis: The musical drama Cuando Mexico Canta stars Rosita Quintana as a poor young woman who, with the help of a devoted teacher, becomes one of the most celebrated singers of her time. The film contains many of the most popular songs in Mexican history. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

El Gran Mentiroso

Crew: Director

Actors: Fernando Soler, Andres Solér, Joaquin Cordero, Anita Blanch

Synopsis: El Gran Mentiroso (What A Liar!) was based on The Artificial Children, a play by Federico Reparaz y Abati. The title character, played by director Fernando Soler, is the husband of an adoring wife (Anita Blanch). Despite his most flagrant peccadilloes, the wife continues to insist that her husband Read More

Reportaje

Synopsis: The Mexican comedy Reportaje follows the wacky adventures that ensue when a man offers a large reward to the journalist that can uncover the best news story that occurs during New Year's Eve. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Mi Querido Capitan

Synopsis: A woman provokes a fight between two rivals, a father and his son. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide Read More

Por Ellas Aunque Mal Paguen

Susana

Synopsis: Having recently escaped from a reformatory for troubled, a voluptuous young delinquent is taken in by a wealthy Spanish family and methodically proceeds to undermine their conservative religious household through seduction and intimidation. Acclaimed Spanish surrealist Luis Buñuel directs this Read More

La Hija del Engaño

Synopsis: In the drama, a father, firmly believing that the baby daughter in his arms is not his own, abandons her upon the doorstep of the town drunk. Many years pass, and the man finds himself continually wracked with guilt about deserting her. He begins looking for her. He finds that she has grown up to Read More

Yo Quiero Ser Tonta

Actors: Fernando Soler, Sara Garcia

Las Joyas Del Pecado

Actors: Fernando Soler, Rita Macedo, Ernesto Alonso, Beatriz Ramos

Synopsis: Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant, Las Joyas del Pecado begins when an otherwise faithful wife enters into an illicit affair when she is offered a pearl necklace. After the wife dies giving birth to her illegitimate child, her husband discovers that the necklace is fake. Feeling that his wife Read More

El Gran Calavera

Synopsis: El Gran Calavera a dark comedy directed by Luis Buñuel deals with a family's attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo (Luis Alconira). The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone. He discovers Read More

La Oveja Negra

Actors: Pedro Infante, Sr., Fernando Soler, Andres Solér, Dalia Iniguez, Amanda del Llano

Cuando los Padres Se Quedan Solos

No Desearas la Mujer de Tu Hijo

Synopsis: Mexican screen legend Pedro Infante stars in director Ismael Rodriguez's drama concerning a father and son who each fall hopelessly in love with the same woman. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Una Familia de Tantas

Que Dios Me Perdone

Actors: Maria Felix, Fernando Soler, Tito Junco, Sr., Julian Soler, Ernesto Vilches

Synopsis: The title of this popular Mexican melodrama translates as May God Forgive Me. The incomparable Maria Felix stars as the survivor of the European concentration camps. While interred, Felix gives birth to a child, but loses track of the baby as she is shuttled from one camp to another. Upon her Read More

Todo Un Caballero

Actors: Fernando Soler, Malu Gatica, Gustavo Rojo, Julio Villareal

Synopsis: Todo un Cabellero translates loosely as Every Inch a Gentleman, an ironic title indeed given the morbid goings-on. The story takes place in court, where a handsome but aimless young man is on trial for murder. The boy's defense attorney, a once-dapper fashion plate fallen on hard times, rises to Read More

Flor de Durazno

Actors: Fernando Soler, Esther Fernandez, David Silva

Synopsis: Flor de Duranzo (Peach Blossom) was based on a novel by Hugo Wast. Though the original story was set in Argentina, it has been effectively transplanted to Mexico in this screen treatment. Fernando Soler stars as a grieving rancher who cannot get over the death of his beloved wife. Soler shuts Read More

Como Todos Las Madres

Crew: Director

Actors: Fernando Soler, Joaquin Pardave

Synopsis: Originally titled Como Todos Las Madres stars Mexican film luminary Fernando Soler, who also directed. Based on a popular stage play, the film is a gabby paean to Mother Love, as exemplified by the relationship between Rosario (Sara Del Rio), her two sons and her daughters. Worried that she'll Read More

Que Hombre Tan Simpatico!

Crew: Director

Actors: Fernando Soler, Gloria Marin, Manuel Medel

Synopsis: The ironically titled Que Hombre Tan Simpatico (What a Charming Fellow) is a showcase for Latin American film favorite Fernando Soler, who also directed. The star plays an improvident bachelor who genially mooches off a wealthy medical student. In turn, Soler helps the student get out of his Read More

Mexico De Mis Recuerdes

Actors: Antonio R. Frausto

Synopsis: Mexico de Mis Recuerdos (My Memories of Mexico) is a lavish period picture, a genre popular with war-weary Mexican audiences. Set during the controversial Porfirio Diaz regime, the film's hero is Joaquin Parrave as Diaz's aide. Befriending a group of travelling entertainers, Parrave does his best Read More

La Mujer Sin Alma

Actors: Fernando Soler, Maria Felix, Andres Solér, Antonio Badú

Synopsis: Director Fernando de Fuentes and star Maria Felix, the creative team responsible for the 1943 box-office hit Dona Barbera, once more combined their talents for La Mujer sin Alma (Woman without a Soul) Felix is cast as Tersa, a lowborn sewing machine girl with high-society aspirations. Hoping to Read More

Al Son de la Marimba

Actors: Fernando Soler, Sara Garcia, Marina Tamayo, Emilio Tuero, Joaquin Pardave

Synopsis: Fernando Soler, Mexico's Number One character actor, heads the cast of Al Son de la Marimba. Soler plays the patriarch of an aristocratic family, presently courting poverty. To replenish the family coffers, the daughter (Marina Tamayo) is expected to marry a wealthy rancher' son (Emilio Tuero). Read More

Cuando los Hijos Se Van

Actors: Fernando Soler, Sara Garcia, Joaquin Pardave, Emilio Tuero, Carlos Moctezuma

Synopsis: The title of this sentimental Mexican comedy-drama translates as When Children Leave Home. The story revolves around the trials and tribulations of family patriarch Fernando Soler and his loyal wife Sara Garcia. Central to the drama is "black sheep" son Emilio Tuero, who can't seem to stay out of Read More

Creo En Dios

Actors: Fernando Soler, Isabela Corona, Miguel Angel Ferriz, Matilde Palou, Miguel Inclan

Refugiados en Madrid

Actors: Fernando Soler, Arturo de Cordova, Domingo Soler

Synopsis: Refugiados en Madrid (Refugees in Madrid) boasts an impressive array of Mexican film talent, chief among them Maria Conesa, Arturo de Cordoba, and brothers Fernando and Domingo Solar. At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, hundreds of refugees begin pouring into the Mexican embassy in Madrid. Read More

Celos

Synopsis: Celos charts the rocky relationship between an engaged couple after the husband-to-be discovers a picture of her with an old boyfriend. He becomes consumed with jealousy and attempts to find out as many details as possible about her life before he knew her. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide Read More

Anita De Montemar